July 2011 Blog Posts (20)

In a time when funds are so hard for missionaries to find, (let alone a media missionary!) Support has been provided for my work for these last seven years. Reminds me of the story I heard of the beginnings of Wycliff Bible Translators, whose founder raised funds during the Great Depression. If God wants you to go tell the stories, then He provides the way to go do it.

There have been years when my kids have loved school. Other years - not so much. At the risk of sounding like a grouchy old man, most kids in the US really have no idea how lucky they are. In many of the places I visit, the opportunity to go to school is a…

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me." ~ Paul of Tarsus, an apostle of Jesus Christ, Philippians 3:12 (TNIV)

Something special starts to happen by the fourth day of camp. Students who did not know each other when they started on Monday are now beginning to come together and think and act as a team. I saw friendships and bonds beginning to develop. It’s an amazing thing to see.

It's a slippery slope, letting go of the lines that divide, seeing people different from yourself as human.Let the walls that make me an "us" and they a "them" crumble, and there is a world of humanity to love.No longer can you ignore the vulnerability, the humanity, the absolute sinner and saint in all of us.No longer can you push others aside or arbitrarily…

Bobette Buster on the Commons of StorytellingBobette Buster provides a background to the Hollywood Screen Guild's approach to film marketing. Using examples from Star Wars and Toy Story, Bobette draws upon some of the most memorable characters from film and explains the means by which Hollywood insures that its viewing audience cannot forget them.…